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New LG XNote A1 and C1 with HSDPA, WiBro and DMB

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LG Electronic announces new XNote notebooks in Korea with HSDPA, WiBro and DMB connectivity.

The new XNote A1 and C1 10.6 inch notebooks weigh apparently just 1kg. The new hyper connected XNote notebooks run on an Intel Core CPU and a NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GO GPU and feature a 80GB HDD. The LG XNote C1 can flip its screen over to become a tablet style computer. I cannot confirm a 100% if the C1 has a touch screen. The translation from the Korean press-release is too bad in that context.

I guess to better enjoy watching TV on the new XNotes LG added SRS WOW HD audio enhancement. Read more

Posted on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung SPH-M4500 PDA and DMB TV Cell Phone

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Samsung announces the multi-talented SPH-M4500 cell phone in Korea.

The Samsung SPH-M4500 (Anycall Fx) is 18.9mm thick and runs Windows Mobile 5.0. It features DMB TV, Wi-fi and a 2.4 inch touch screen.

Other highlights of the new powerful Samsung smart phone are MP3 player, Video player, 5.1ch surround sound, 2MP camera and microSD slot. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Oct 2006 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cool New Pantech Satellite DMB TV Phone IM-U140

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Pantech announces the IM-U140 DMB-S TV mobile phone in Korea.

The Pantech IM-U140 features an LCD display that pops up automatically at a 30 degree angle when you push a button next to the screen, optimizing your angle of view instantly.
Other features of the new satellite DMB phone are a 2.6" wide QVGA 262K colors TFT touch screen screen, 3MP camera, MP3 player, PictBridge and 4 channel stereo speakers. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Sep 2006 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung PIP DMB Phone SCH-B470

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A new Samsung DMB TV mobile phone supports Picture in Picture (PIP).

Maybe even your TV at home still does not have PIP, but Samsung has it already built into their TV mobile phones in Korea.
Samsung enables flexible PIP on the 2.2 inch screen of the SCH-B470. The split screen feature can also be used to use other phone functions like SMS while watching TV. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 07:38:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean QCOX DMB PMP Runs Windows CE 5.0 on AMD Alchemy

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QCOX is a new interesting portable media player on the market in Korea.

QCOX runs Windows CE 5.0 on an AMD Alchemy CPU. The PMP has a 4.3 inch screen, 30GB HDD, DMB tuner, Macromedia Flash UI and TV out.

A cool looking wheel on the side of the player lets you choose the different functionalities. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Aug 2006 13:45:40 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung SPH-B3200 Does 3D Games and DMB TV

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Samsung introduces in Korea the SPH-B3200 DMB mobile phone with 3D game graphics support.

The Samsung SPH-B3200 features a 3D graphics accelerator chip and tactile feedback via vibration (licensed from Immersion Technologies). Directional game buttons are featured on SPH-B3200 handset to play conveniently games displayed on the 2.2 inch color screen.
Other features of the SPH-B3200 include a 2MP camera, Speakers, dictionary and of course DMB TV reception.
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Posted on Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

German DMB based Mobile TV Service Watcha has Launched

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The first commercial broadcast mobile TV service launched in Germany under the somewhat weird name 'Watcha'.

The Watcha TV service is available for a monthly flat fee of 9,95 Euro in connection with a 24 month mobile phone contract from Debitel.
The only DMB ready mobile phone available is the Samsung SGH-P900 (looks like LG did not deliver yet the LG-V9000), which sells for 199 Euro with contract.

The TV service is only currently available in these major cities: Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart. There are still only four channels available. They now officially say that the FIFA World Cup 2006 games broadcasted (half of the games) on ZDF will be available. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Jun 2006 02:42:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG FM35 DMB TV and PMP

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LG announces in Korea the FM35 portable DMB TV and media player.

The LG FM35 measures only 92x52x14mm. The screen size is 2.4 inches. You can watch DMB TV for four hours and listen to music for a cool 55 hours on a single battery charge.

Supported media file formats include MP3, WMA, OGG, AVI and ASF.

DMB TV for mobile phones is launching in Germany this week. Forget about bringing a DMB TV like the FM35 from your next South Korea trip, as you will not be able to use it in Germany. Technically it would work, but the TV broadcast has a digital signature that you only get with the subscriptions through the mobile phone provider. Unless maybe somebody is able to hack it. Read more

Posted on Mon, 29 May 2006 03:23:51 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

UbiBro Artemis Q DMB-T USB Tuner

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UbiBro has a stylish DMB-T USB Tuner on the market in Korea dubbed Artemis Q.

Korean site popco has published a review of the device with several photos. It is all in Korean, but the stylish photos are worth a quick look. Read more

Posted on Mon, 1 May 2006 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG LG-KB1500 and LG-LB1500 Slim DMB-T Handsets

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LG offers the compact and slim LG-KB1500 and LG-LB1500 DMB-T mobile phones in Korea.

The new LG DMB-T handsets feature a 2.2 inch QVGA LCD screen with 170 viewing angle. This neat DMB-T phone is 19.6mm thick and weighs 120g.

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Posted on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:22:03 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Rapsody DivX DMB TV Gadget and Girls with Antenna Ears

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Korean Rapsody found a cool way to promote its unique DivX HDD enclosure and DMB TV device. It features hot gadget models with antenna ears. Those must have great reception.

The Rapsody RSH-DMB can be equipped with 2.5" notebook HDDs. It supports MPEG 1,2 and 4, MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG and JPG media formats. Media files can be transferred via USB 2.0.
The portable media device features TV out (Component Video) of course as it does not have a display. It also has optical audio out. Measurements of the compact RSH-DMB are 114x114x25mm. Read more

Posted on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:19:05 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung's DMB Phone SCH-B340 is Thin, but has Fat Antenna

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Samsung introduced the SCH-B340 DMB Digital TV phone in Korea in February. It is the world's thinnest DMB TV phone with only 17.3mm. The product photos from February show the thin slider without the apparently necessary DMB antenna.

A review on Korean site Cetizen reveals now photos of the Samsung SCH-B340 with a fat screw-on antenna. Samsung designed the antenna and the phone stand as little keychain trinkets. Still, it would be nice if the antenna would actually be integrated in the phone or it least be an extensible one like it is on most DMB phones available. Read more

Posted on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:50:10 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung SPH-B5200 Gaming and DMB TV Phone

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Samsung has another DMB digital TV mobile phone on the start in Korea with gaming interface.

The Samsung SPH-B5200 features a sliding design that lets users convert the phone into a wide-screen game pad with two cross gaming controllers.
The SPH-B5200 can also be used in standard candy stick format with number pad. The screen of the SPH-B5200 measures 2 inch. Read more

Posted on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:44:28 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Six Reasons Why T-DMB Is Better Than DVB-H

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Mr. Jae Hong, Lee, Director General of the Korean Ministry of Information and Communications proclaimed at a keynote in Seoul six reasons on why T-DMB is better than DVB-H for mobile digital TV.

The six reasons are:
1. Lower Channel switching time (1.5s versus 5s on DVB-H)
2. No latency through time-slicing
3. 30fps versus just 15fps on DVB-H
4. Not just IP based but also providing for streaming services
5. Using 2Mhz channel requires less power and circuit complexity (DVB-H uses 8Mhz)
6. T-DMB can provide DAB audio at minimum additional cost

If you know six reasons why DVB-H is better than T-DMB please email me. Read more

Posted on Thu, 2 Mar 2006 10:12:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Samsung DMB TV Phone: SPH-B3100

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Samsung announces in Korea a new DMB TV mobile phone dubbed SPH-B3100.
Besides digital TV the SPH-B3100 features an MP3 player and a 2MP digital camera. The SPH-B3100 has better looks than the bulky Samsung SGH-P900 DMB Phone.
The Samsung SPH-B3100 features similar folding design as the Nokia N92 DVB-H TV Phone. Read more

Posted on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:19:53 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Miniket SDC-K50 DMB TV, PMP and Camera

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The Samsung Miniket SDC-K50 multi-functional gadget was introduced in fall 2005 in Korea.

This cool device is a DMB TV, 5MP digital camera with 3x optical zoom and portable media player. It features a 2.5 inch screen and has 512MB on-board. Recording video with 640x480px at 30fps is also supported on this miniket.
All those functionality and the SDC-K50 is basically not bigger than other compact digital cameras. Read more

Posted on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:52:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung T-DMB TV Phone Comes to Europe - Will There Be a Broadcast?

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Samsung announced to release their T-DMB mobile phone SGH-P900 in Europe in time for the FIFA Soccer World Cup. Meanwhile it is not clear in Germany if T-DMB broadcast will be ready in time.

On top of that, the T-DMB services in Germany are pilots and field tests so far. Will there be a broadcast after the Soccer Fest? Will it be nation wide? Who knows? The competing DVB-H digital TV standard is actually pushed hard by Nokia and others. To buy the Samsung SGH-P900 is high roller gamble for early adopters.
But maybe there will be more solid details about the T-DMB mobile TV service when we get closer to the World Cup. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Feb 2006 11:42:45 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pantech Introduces PT-K1800 Terrestrial DMB TV Phone

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Pantech introduces the PT-K1800 and PT-L1800 terrestrial DMB TV mobile phones in Korea.

The new Pantech DMB phones feature 2.2 QVGA LCD screens, TV-Out, 1.3MP digital camera, MP3 player, Trans-Flash Slot, Semi-automatic Retractable Intenna.
The phones have timer-recording and TV capture and users can talk and watch TV at the same time. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jan 2006 06:19:43 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Photos of Samsung SPH-H1000 S-DMB WiBro Mobile Phone

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We reported the first time about the Samsung SPH-H1000 when Samsung introduced it's first WiBro phones at a trade-show in November.

Korean site AVing has a couple of close-up photos of this feature packed mobile phone. The SPH-H1000 supports satellite DMB TV and has a full QWERTY keyboard. A 2.2 inch color QVGA screen is used in this still very compact phone. The phone also has a TV-out.
Read more

Posted on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:18:32 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Announces Tiny DMB TV Phone SCH-B360 / SPH-B3600 / SPH-B3650

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Samsung announces in Korea the SCH-B360 Satellite DMB TV mobile phone.

This compact DMB phone only measures 95.6 x 47.2 x 24.5mm and weighs 102g. A real TV in your pocket so to say. It features a 2 inch color screen and a 2MP digital camera.

The Samsung SCH-B360 will also be known as SPH-b3600 and SPH-b3650. Not sure what the difference is though. Might be just different network support. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 03:06:14 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG introduces T-DMB TV PDA PM80

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LG introduces a PDA with T-DMB tuner for terrestrial digital TV reception.

The LG PM80 PDA runs Windows Mobile 2003 and features a 3.5 inch QVGA screen. The T-DMB PDA runs on an Intel Bulverde 312MHz CPU.

Korean companies push ahead with DMB support. As reported Europe is betting on the competing DVB-H standard for mobile TV. Wonder what the US will be ending up with. Read more